AAA Worlds Collide 2026 Discussion

[Kamran]

Not only is Worlds Collide taking place on the same day as AEW All Out, with both shows happening in the Chicago area, but WWE have now also moved the start time so that Worlds Collide begins at exactly the same time as All Out.

 

MATCHES

• AAA Reina de Reinas Championship: La Catalina (c) vs. Roxanne Perez

AllState Arena are promoting the following matches but none of these have been confirmed on TV yet:

• Spoiler

  • El Grande Americano, Rey Mysterio and CM Punk vs. Dominik Mysterio, JD McDonagh and Omos
  • Los Perros del Mal (Daga, Angel or Berto) vs. Lucha Brothers (Penta and Rey Fénix)
  • Las Tóxicas (Flammer, La Hiedra and Maravilla) vs. Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid)
  • Jack Cartwheel vs. Dragon Lee

   

Edited Wednesday at 09:12 PM by Kamran

[Merzbow]

They're so petty, it's actually kind of sad to see them use AAA as a pawn in this one sided war. I have issues with the watering down of AAA but there's no denying it's a super hot company right now, but TKO will ruin that at some point.

[Chris B]

13 hours ago, Kamran said:

The logos being off-centre is really annoying me.

[Merzbow]

So this isn't actually being shown on TV or possibly anywhere live and might be a Club WWE exclusive after the fact?!

Seems a bit strange, especially if they changed the time of it to counter AEW.

[Chili]

6 minutes ago, Merzbow said:

So this isn't actually being shown on TV or possibly anywhere live and might be a Club WWE exclusive after the fact?!

Seems a bit strange, especially if they changed the time of it to counter AEW.

Putting it on against them in the same city will hopefully (for them) harm the draw unless it sells out and I guess by putting it on Club WWE (fucking hell), it'll drive purchases and make a bit of money from the idiots bothering to stump for it.

[Merzbow]

1 minute ago, Chili said:

Putting it on against them in the same city will hopefully (for them) harm the draw unless it sells out and I guess by putting it on Club WWE (fucking hell), it'll drive purchases and make a bit of money from the idiots bothering to stump for it.

All Out has already sold out.

[Chili]

4 minutes ago, Merzbow said:

All Out has already sold out.

Oh then it's just to get some extra dosh for the spreadsheets before they do more sackings then.

[mim731]

Worth saying it's not been confirmed as airing on Club WWE, that's just a rumour for now. It might go that way but that same rumour also suggested YouTube might be the destination. 

Still petty as fuck, mind. 

[tiger_rick]

I can only imagine the rational for going h2h is to harm any additional ticket sales AEW might have released after selling out the initial setup. 

Just seems so petty and harmful to both products. Both shows have sold over 10k but that's up to 10k people who might have gone to the other show and can't do both. It's not going to hurt AEW on subs or on PPV unless they get some TV coverage sorted soon but even then, I think it's too late, as I said recently. 99% of the likely attendance is going or they aren't. 95% of the TV audience is watching or they aren't. If WWE had announced MITB against it months ago, they'd be properly countering. This is just some tit-for-tat for very little benefit and, IMO, harms this show worse than All Out because I think CM Punk in Chicago working for AAA probably does even better numbers with the 10k going to All Out added.

I'll be dead before this company is remotely likeable.

[Statto]

Wonder if they're thinking there might be people out there who had bought AEW tickets but would stick them on resale in favour of going to the WWE show (because Punk in Chicago), those tickets won't sell (because Punk in Chicago) leaving AEW with swathes of empty seats they can't shuffle people to cover?

Or is that all a bit 3D chess?

[BomberPat]

generally I assume this kind of counter-programming is about monopolising markets as much as it is actively trying to push down ticket sales or views for AEW; I can see WWE reaching out to media outlets in Chicago and saying, "if you cover AEW, we're not giving you access to WWE" - either for this show, or for all shows for a set period. 

[Chili]

4 minutes ago, BomberPat said:

generally I assume this kind of counter-programming is about monopolising markets as much as it is actively trying to push down ticket sales or views for AEW; I can see WWE reaching out to media outlets in Chicago and saying, "if you cover AEW, we're not giving you access to WWE" - either for this show, or for all shows for a set period. 

"The Chicago tribune shares a bank account with it's Mother"

- CM Punk when it's reported there were two wrestling shows on in the area.

I do wonder if putting a block on media outlets would do absolutely anything though. There are other things to report and cover? Or just a case of they'd fold easily without thought.

Edited 3 hours ago by Chili